Imagine that, pt I

What if, when your physical body dies it become necessary to pass through certain after-death states.  What if one of those states was necessary in order to seperate one Self from it’s lower feelings and desires.  What if, when it was time for that Self to incarnate again that it was reunited with those exact feelings and desires in order to then proceed on with the process of balancing the thoughts that birthed said feelings and desires throughout the next physical life.

If that were true, then where would those feelings and desires exist whilst separated from the Self that they are fundamentally a part of?  For the period of time in which that purified Self was at rest, between lives, or existing in a place sometimes termed “heaven,” by those who don’t have another word for such a place?

Well, since we’re playing the “what if” game… what if each of those feelings and desires were to manifest on the physical plane as the physical form, or manifestation, of itself.  What if some feelings were to manifest as trees or grass… what if some desires manifested as animals, and vice versa.  What if feelings of rage manifested as boars or lions.  What if feelings of love manifested as flowers.  What if desires of domination manifested as certain species of ape and what if feelings of deceit manifested as, say, sharks.  What if feelings of loyalty manifested as dogs and narcissistic desires manifested as cats.  What if that is the exact reason we sometimes use animal references when pointing out character flaws in others… men are often called “pigs.”

What if, when it is time for the Self that any given manifested feeling or desire is attached to is ready to reincarnate, each manifested feeling or desire must immediately abandon the physical form in which it resides.  If that were true, maybe it explains why sometimes animals run in front of automobiles.  That deer must vacate that physical form in order to join the Self to which it is an expression of for another ride on the merry-go-round of life as a human being.  What if each one of those feelings and desires is but playing it part on it’s own way to becoming a conscious Self which would then generate feelings and desires of its own that would then manifest physically as the flora, fauna and animals of the Earth inhabited by the physical bodies of the Self to which it is attached.

If that were true, everything would be connected to everything.  Imagine that.

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